Typographical machine.



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D. S. KENNEDY. ITYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MT 4 1912 MW STATES PATENT QFFIQE- DAVID S. KENNEDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YOEK; ASSIGN'OB. TO MERGENTHALEB LIN O'IYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF"NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 191 3.

Application filed October 1, 1912. Serial No. 723,821.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known th'atI, DAvio S. Knnnnor, a citizen of the United States, and regsident of Brooklyn, county of'Kings', and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Typographical'Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to typographical machines, having one or more 'mafgazines to contain the type or matrices, and provided' with escapernents to control their release and delivery therefrom." In machines of this kind, it frequently is necessary to restore displaced type or matrices to the magazine and tohold themthereiinso that the latter may be shifted orjreplaced conveniently. or instance, in the United States Letters Patent to J. RRogers, No; 792,851, is disclosed a linotype' inachine equipped with a plurality of movable magazines, any selected one of whichmay bebrought into operative relation to a single" exteriorthroat provided with escapements Before the operative magazine can be shifted, it is necessary that the matrices in the throat be restored thereto, 'an'd'the' said Letters Patent disclose such restoring means. When the matrices are returnedt'o the magazine, they may be held in place by a narrow bar thrust therethrough, after which the inagazine'niay be shifted to bring anotherone into opera-- tive relation to the throat, 'or it may be interchanged with a diiferent magazine, withoiit danger of the matrices being disu I v. g My invention contemplates the employment of a single means for restoring the displaced matrices and tor retaining them in the magazine, and specifically theseinean's comprise a to engage with appropriate notches in the matri esQ herehy they may be pushed. upward into the magazinepthe latter being provided with locking ineans or latches to engage thebar'and thus to hold the matrices securely in place.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown my invention in preferred form and by way of example, and as applied to a well-known type of linotype' machine, but obviously manychanges and variations may be made therein, and in its mode ofapplication, without departure from itsspirit;

Generally speaking, I desire it to be unee i t e a I do no l mi my e t a y specific form or embodiment, except in so far assuch limitations are specified in the codperate with the restoring bar.

Referring to the drawings, the magazines A are shiftably arranged with reference to the exterior throat B, so as to bring any selfiQtd One into operative relation thereto, and through this throat the matrices Xpass, and then"thro'ugh the channel B to the other assembling mechanism. The throat'B is provided with a series' of escapements, each consisting of a pivoted member 0' can rying two pawls G and G which are projected alternately into the throat B't'o control the release of the niatricesin "thewe'llknown manner. The spring G tends to retract the pawl G and to insert the pawl C this tendency being resisted by the customary reed D.

All of the parts and'operation so far described are or may be substantially like those disclosed in the previously mentioned Rogerspatent. As shown in Fig. l, the throat B always and controlled contains the lower niatrices X, which are held therein the. escapements, and before the operative magazine A may be shifted,it

is necessary that these matricesbe restored thereto. 7 To this end, Ispecifically employ abar 13, which is inserted transversely through the throat B and engaged withall of the matricesin the lowermost position, and preferably in notches X formed therein. This bar is then manually shifted to move the matrices longitudinally and restore them tothe magazine,when the bar is locked loo in'position by the engagement therewith of l the latch or latches G carried the mega zine. It wilhbe noted that the latch G is formed with two holding projeqtibw G and G f'the speciiic purpose of which will be i hereafter explained.

' To permit the restoration of the matrices to the magazine in the manner indicated, it is necessary to free them the escapeiien have; an as hese a al ernately projected into the throat B, the freeingep eration must be performed in two steps. To this end, thereeds D are formed with the cuts or notches D in which engages the projecting lip of the vertically'adjustable member 11), slid-ably mounted in the frame work. The vertical adjustment of the slide E is controlled by the cam projection or pro jections E connected to and operated by the hand lever E The normal position of the parts is that illustrated in Fig. 1, wherein the upper ear of the lower matrix X is sustained by the pawl C After the insertion of the bar E into the notch X of the matrix, the latter is moved longitudinally thereby until its lower ear abuts against the pawl G The pawl is then withdrawn from the throat, by the movement of the lever E to the dotted line position, when the matrix may be further shifted until its lower ear encounters the pawl G, as shown in F ig. 2. It is now necessary that the last-mentioned pawl be withdrawn to permit the final shifting of the matrix, and this is eifected by the restoration of the hand lever to its full line position. In order to hold the matrices firmly during this operation and to prevent them from sliding back, it will be seen that at this stage the bar F is engaged by the lower holding projection G of the latch G. After the withdrawal of the pawl 0 the bar F may be pushed to its final position, where it is engaged by the second locking projection G of the latch Gr. As previously stated, this final locking of the bar F holds the matrices in proper relation to the magazine, so that the latter may be shifted without the liability or danger of the matrices being spilled therefrom. Although I have shown my invention specifically as applied to a series of shiftable magazines, it will be obvious that it is similarly applicable to a single movable or interchangeable magazine, in connection with which the same necessity exists for restoring and locking the matrices. This and numerous other modifications and variations, both in the construction and application of my invention, will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, and still be comprised within its scope.

Having thus described my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine for the type or matrices, a device disconnected from the magazine to restore displaced type or matrices thereto, and means for connecting said device to the magazine to adapt it for retaining the type or matrices therein.

2. In atypographical machine, the combination of a magazine for the type or matrices, and a device adapted to be connected to the magazine to retain the type or matrices therein, the said device being adapted when disconnected from the magazine to engage and restore displaced type or matgage said device at a plurality of points dur ing its restoring movement.

5 In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine for the type or matrices, a bar disconnected therefrom and movable bodily to restore displaced matrices thereto, and a latch formed with a plurality of locking projections to engage the bar at a plurality of points during its restoring movement. j

6. In a typographicalmachine, the combination of a magazine for the type or matrices, an assembling throat to receive the type or matrices therefrom, a movable device to restore the type or matrices from the throat to the magazine, and means for connecting said device to the magazine after the type or matrices have been restored thereto. A

7. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine for the type or matrices, an assembling throat to receive the type or matrices therefrom, and a bar adapted to be connected to the magazine to retain the type or matrices therein, the said. bar

being movable through the assembling throat to its operative position in the magazine in order to restore the type or matrices thereto.

8. In a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines for the type or matrices, an'assembling throat to cooperate With any selected magazine, and a matrix retaining device for each of the magazines, the said device being movable through the assembling throat to its operative position in the magazine so as to restore the type or matrices thereto.

9. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine for the type or matrices, an assembling throat to receive the type or matrices therefrom, and a bar adapted to be inserted endwise in the assembling throat to engage the type or matrices and into the magazine.

10. In a typographical machine, the com- In testimony whereof I hereunto set my bination of a magazine for the type or mathand this first day of October, 1912, m the 10 rices, an assembling throat to receive the presence of two attesting wltnesses.

type or matrices therefrom, a bar adapted to w be inserted in the throat to engage the type DAVID KPJNNEDY' or matrices and. movable rearwardly there- Witnesses: from into the magazine, and devices for con- ALFRED W. F. GUEST, necting the bar to the magazine. MARY BRANDT.

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